CVE-2020-11227 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Out-of-bounds write in Snapdragon firmware allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via malicious RTT/TTY packets.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-11227?

CVE-2020-11227 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, published on 17 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Out of bound write while parsing RTT/TTY packet parsing due to lack of check of buffer size before copying into buffer in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11227?

It affects 401 products.

Products include Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8009w Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8037 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8053 Firmware, Qualcomm Apq8084 Firmware and 395 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11227?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-11227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Apq8009 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-92x8-x8pv-f97w.

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